Wok of Life; Fire in the Hole

China is a mysterious country. It is the main place of attraction for many tourists from all over the world. Its culture, nature and unusual traditions make our hearts beating faster and faster. And of course a tourist who is planning to go to China is waiting forward to tasting Chinese cuisine. Surprises? Oh, yes! Chinese food is full of surprises.

Rice is our idol!

 China is possessed with rice! It’s not only the main course in any restaurant during any meal, rice is the part of Chinese people’s life. Usually Chinese people eat rice as the main course. As a rule rice is almost tasteless, without salt or any other adding. Rice is a foundation where the house is to be built. In other words, rice is made for adding other food and thus making up a real dish.

Most dietarians say that rice is a very health-giving food, full of vitamins, this product is claimed to be highly dietetic. But an unprepared stomach can run into the shoal. For European tourist eating too much rice every day can bring a small but very unpleasant problem. Rice can become too “heavy” food for a beginner. To avoid this inconvenience a tourist should stay reserved in eating “Chinese gold”.

Make it spicy!   

 For a person who has already been in the China phrase “bu la!” is a so-called mantra. This phrase literally means “not spicy”. Dear tourist, this phrase can save your life! Chinese people adore spicy food. Even if a food seller is trying to convince you that his dish is absolutely mild, you should always be skeptical. Food which is mild for a Chinese person can become a firework in European stomach. But it still makes sense to ask a cook to prepare not so spicy food for you. 

Eating spicy food is another Chinese tradition. We, unprepared and “weak” foreigners, can only be patient and extremely careful when enjoying fancy Chinese cuisine.

Unprepared food

How many minutes do we usually spend while cooking dinner? Of course it depends on what we cook. If we cook meat the process will take at least forty minutes. To Chinese cook this time can be used for cooking 10 dishes instead of one! Why? Because one of the main peculiarities of Chinese cuisine is very quick thermal treatment. Meat is cooked so quickly that you are starting to believe in miracles. In this way food is preserving its natural scent and taste.

But at the same time food which is prepared so quickly also preserves some harmful ingredients. Of course eating Chinese meat cooked in 4 minutes can’t cause any serious harm if you taste it from time to time. Though think twice if you want to make eating this food a habitual action. By the way, quick thermal treatment is one of the reasons why Chinese people eat spicy food – spicy flavoring kills viruses and harmful bacterium in unusually prepared food.

Chinese cuisine is diverse and full of unexpected taste. If  you eat Chinese food reasonably you can discover an inexhaustible kaleidoscope of new emotions and experience.

About the author: Paul Smith is a staff writer of http://bestresumewritingservice.org. He writes lots of various papers as well as guest posts about business, social media, health, and lifestyle and so on. Contact with Paul: https://plus.google.com/u/0/109013041940492187102?rel=author